The musings of an IT Consultant:

January, 2014

Hi folks! So Samsung is another mobile company hoping to make a splash at MWC.
In an effort to overshadow everyone else, rumor has it that Samsung will either announce or launch the Samsung Galaxy S5. If that's the case it will probably completely drown out the annoucement of the Foxconn...

Hi folks! So in the news is that Yahoo Mail accounts have been breached through hacking.
Apparently Yahoo has already notified users that have been affected by this. This is one of the many reasons why you should not use the same password on different web sites.
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Hi folks! So just when we thought we were safe, our own government in Canada is joining our USA brothers in spying on citizens.
It has been uncovered that the CSEC organization has been tracking WiFi usage in airports as a test to see how they can track people using metadata. This is a huge...

Hi folks! So Lenovo keeps finding themselves in the news as of late! This time with Google!
Google is selling Motorola to Lenovo, this really rounds out Lenovo's skill set. Lenovo will now have a full server, desktop, laptop and mobility offering. This really rounds them out as a company and...

Hi folks! So this just in from Cisco land. Sheila Jordan has left Cisco! Where did she go?
She has gone to Symantec to become their new CIO. This is happening during a time where a lot of the senior leadership team has bailed from Symantec. If anyone can make some positive and effective change...

Hi folks! So Eugene Kaspersky is giving us the heads up again on some new security threats.
Eugene has notified us that there has been an increase in mobile attacks targeting Android banking apps specifically. The best thing to do here to safeguard yourself is not to save your password and...

Hi folks! Some great news for VMware in the IT world. VMware has announced that they are buying AirWatch!
AirWatch is the MDM platform that has become quite popular in this BYOD world we live in. This is a great fit for VMware since VMware has been playing in the mobility space with it's Horizon...

Hi folks! So you've probably heard already, that Lenovo is buying IBM's server business.
I think this is great news! Lenovo is a great company that has made some significantly nice products. Having them as a player in the server space will hopefully spur more innovation from all server companies...

Hi folks! So Brocade has decided to sell off the converged network adapter business to Qlogic.
This is a good move for Brocade, and now they can focus on their IP networking portfolio which has steadily been gaining steam in the industry. This will enable Brocade to focus on the data center...

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My musings about the everyday things I run into during projects in the IT Consulting field, from the really rare and strange problems I encounter, all the way to the most common problems that you would see on a daily basis in IT consulting.

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